[MHml] Catamarans

[Peter Southwood]

Hi all.
If you want to go for a technically descriptive name then the strikers are 
actually spreaders, as that is what they do. They dont strike anything 
intentionally. They spread the stays to get better support angles. The 
dolphin striker may have picked up its name to differentiate it from the 
lateral spreaders also sometimes found on a long bowsprit.
On this basis the strut (general term for a [usually straight] rigid 
compression member generally not supporting a vertical downward load) under 
the beam (generally horizontal member supporting a shear or bending load) 
which keeps the stay (fixed tension member, commonly flexible) in the 
correct position, would be a beam spreader or a beam stay spreader, but 
dolphin striker seems to be here to stay, as is is more commonly used.
Cheers,
Peter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Ostlind" <Chris at Wedgesail.com>
To: "Informed discussion of multihull issues" <multihulls at steamradio.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MHml] Catamarans


> Thanks for that, Roy. You are ever the gentleman in your descriptive
> process.
>
> So, are there then, Beam strikers and Sprit strikers in turn, as it would
> apply? That would make things a whole lot more clear as I work my through
> the proper terminology.
>
> Chris
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